Game apparatus.



, R. B. SMITH.

GAME APPARATUS. APPLICATION mm AUG-30.1915.

\ 1 16mm Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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RUFUS B. SMITH, 0F AKRON, OHIO.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

lPatented Dec. 28, i915.

Application filed August 30, 1915. Serial No. 47,989.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that it, RUFUS B. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a game apparatus, and more particularly to the class of puzzle game apparatuses.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus, wherein there is employed a board having upon one face indications representative of spaces and on this board are adapted-to be placed movable elements, such for example as blocks, which bear predetermined characters or indicia, such as numerals, so that on moving the elements in certain of the spaces and in given order the numerals thereon will total fifty, when counted in several different directions, yet on counting the numerals in numerical order they will total one hundred and seventy, thus giving considerable amusement to the player or user of the apparatus.

Another object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of this character,

wherein the arranging of the movable elements is rendered diflicult to the player of the game, so as to have the numerals when counted in four different directions total more than when counting the numerals in numerical order, thus requiring skill on the part of the player, as well as a ording mental exercise.

A further object of the invention is the provision of an apparatus of this character, which is simple in construction, neat and attractive to the player, and inexpensive in manufacture.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the features of construction, combination and arrangement of.

arts as will be hereinafter fully described, lllustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

][ n the accompanying drawing; Figure 1,

"is a plan View of the playing board of the alpparatus constructed in accordance with t e invention. Fig. 2, is a plan view showing the group of movable blocks with the numerals thereon used in the playing of the game.

Similarreference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing indetail', A, designates a board,'which constitutes the playing base, preferably made from wood and is of squared shape, having marked or otherwise indicated thereon square spaces B, arranged in rows, while certain of the spaces are colored, as green, as at 6, or the spaces occupied by the movable blocks 7 as viewed in Fig. 2, to distinguish them from the spaces 5, which are not colored, in the respective rows. Upon this board A, are placed series or group of movable blocks 7, preferably in disk form, each having mark or otherwise impressed upon one face thereof a numeral, the numerals on all the blocks 1 377, 5 16, 18 and 20, there being seventeen blocks, and on positioning these blocks-in certain order upon certain of the spaces in the respective rows, and by counting the numerals in four different directions they will total in each row the sum of fifty, thus the four totals aggregating the sum of two hundred, yet when addingthe numerals in numerical order on all of the blocks the total will be one hundred and seventy. The arranging of the blocks 7, is rendered difiicult, as the same have to be placed in a particular order upon only the colored spaces 5, so that the total sum of fifty can be added in four different directions, for solving the puzzle.

From the foregoing it is thought that the construction and manner of arrangement of the game for solving the same is clearly understood, and therefore a more extended explanation has been omitted.

What is claimed is:

The herein described game apparatus, including a board divided into a plurality of squares, certain of which are of a different RUFUS B. SMITH. 

